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Mannequin with googles and a backpack looks out the window of the Frances Loeb Library at a masked student entering Gund Hall.

Best of 2021: The GSD’s most popular stories, podcasts, photos, and public programs this year

“Dis-Armor 2” by Krzysztof Wodiczko (Courtesy of Galerie Lelong & Co.) is displayed in…

Dec 16, 2021

4 manufactured homes with porches on a grassy lawn

Report on Manufactured Housing and Latinx Homeownership Finds Significant Challenges and Offers Strategies for Improvement

Front cover of the Manufactured Homes report, a new paper detailing the…

Dec 7, 2021

Drawing of butterflies and caterpillars.

Fostering Relationships Between Insects and Humans Through Design

Liwei Shen (MLA I ’22) and Hyemin Gu (MLA I AP ’22) are researching…

Nov 30, 2021

Interior courtyard space of the building.

Kingston University London’s Town House, Engineered by Hanif Kara’s AKT II and Designed by Grafton Architects, Wins 2021 Stirling Prize

2021 Stirling Prize winner, Kingston University London’s Town House. Designed by Grafton Architects. Engineered…

Nov 29, 2021

Grid of fifteen small collages

2021 Chicago Architecture Biennial features a range of projects by the GSD community

Southside Landnarratives by Toni L. Griffin’s Urban American City (urbanAC). Photo by Nathan Keay. The…

Nov 18, 2021

Gareth Doherty in blue blazer standing in front of a shelf of books

Gareth Doherty Selected as CELA Regional Director

Gareth Doherty, director of the Master in Landscape Architecture Program and associate professor of…

Nov 10, 2021

Interior of the theatre before the show

Faculty- and Alumni-led Firms Named AN Interior Top 50 Architects 2021

AN Interior Magazine and the Architect’s Newspaper recently announced…

Nov 10, 2021

Book cover of Mehrotra’s “The Kinetic City & Other Essays”

Excerpt from The Kinetic City & Other Essays: The Permanent and Ephemeral by Rahul Mehrotra

The Kinetic City & Other Essays is the latest book from…

Nov 4, 2021

A pavilion sits in the centre of a plaza in Seaport, Boston. The pavilion is cobalt-blue and gray, with layers of puffy polished vinyl cells packed with recycled denim, hung from a timber frame in layers.

Faculty-led CO-G Wins WS Development’s Inaugural Design Competition for Public Art

CO-G, the design studio led by Design Critic in Architecture Elle Gerdeman, is…

Nov 1, 2021

A slide from a powerpoint presentation showing the flowcart from warehouse, office, retail, and residential to a mix-used building.

Three Student Proposals Addressing the National Housing Crisis Place at the 2021 Hack-A-House Competition

Proposals developed by three groups of Harvard Graduate School of DesignGSD students were recently recognized…

Nov 1, 2021